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What would
Putnam like
on its MLK
mural?
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
The MLK Mural Project committee may not have the wall of a local building for the MLK Mural — not officially — but they’ve launched the survey of residents so they are ready with the local ideas of what the custom mural should look like.
Muralist and Art Guild New England member Emida Roller said the survey at: https://forms.gle/BvDEsVUNNjhfSLqa6 will inform the local group of artists on what Martin Luther King Jr. means to this community.
Roller said the mural will be painted on about 18 8-foot by 4-foot panels and will be installed by Jan. 17. She said when the surveys come back to the group they will start the mural design based on the survey results.
Roller said the group hopes to start painting in December and she plans to call on the community to help do the painting.
The MLK project, conceived by RiseUP for the Arts Group, in conjunction with CT Murals, awarded Putnam $7,500 to create a mural reflecting this community’s take on the heart of Martin Luther King’s message.
Elaine Turner, president of the Arts Guild Northeast, said Putnam’s application was accepted several months ago. RiseUP will award $7,500 and it has to be matched by the town.
Already, Turner said recently, $2,500 has been donated by bankHometown. The rest of the match will be raised from individuals. The Sustainable CT rules for that call for 50 to 75 individuals to make individual donations to help hit that $7,500 match total.
There is a GoFundMe site for donations:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/putnams-mlk39-diversity-and-equity- mural?fbclid=IwAR3Ibeaq H1uW9UBdkiNGNFr_StMFHG_ Kzk1aG96V_Pf2FHakXWSCd_JH6qM
They're looking for survey results within two weeks and designing will start as survey results come in.
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